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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD

Sponsored by “Pandemic Drill-Down: Preparing for JCAHO's Revised EC 4.20”

presented on November 14, 2006

Planning for a pandemic, such as avian flu, is high priority on the list of JCAHO concerns...

How can you be sure your facility is prepared?

Effective July 1, 2006 the JCAHO revised its emergency management standard EC.4.20 to include more elements of performance in this area. JCAHO has also added preparation for the influx of patients under its Infection Control Standards. All hospitals are affected and must now plan and conduct realistic pandemic drills to ensure patient safety and stay in compliance.

Listen to this 90-minute audioconference and learn how to make your next pandemic exercise a meaningful, educational event for your employees and a true test of your emergency management plan. During Pandemic Exercise Drill Down: Implementing JCAHO’s Revised EC and IC Standards, experts Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS, MT(ASCP),CIC, CHSP, and James E. M. Bender, EMT-P, teach you the key changes to the JCAHO standard, types of specific exercises necessary to test pan flu preparedness, and how to plan an effective exercise. You'll also learn to evaluate the results, and integrate what was learned into your facility's emergency management plan.

You will receive examples of needs assessment and evaluation forms that can be used during an exercise.

AGENDA

1. Review of objectives
2. Why have a drill or exercise?
• Reasons to exercise
3. Overview of JCAHO new requirements
4. Describe the following:
   • Orientation exercises
   • Table top exercises
   • Functional exercises
   • Full scale exercises
5. Exercise planning
   • Time frame
   • Objectives
   • Scenario narratives
   • Scope of exercise
   • Safety plan
   • Communications plan
   • Players, victims and participant
   • Master event sequence list
   • Liability and other important stuff
6. Exercise and drill evaluation
• Process
• How to choose evaluator
• What to evaluate
• Objectives
• After-action report
• Implementation follow-up plans
7. Exercise coordination
   • Using ICS to “your” advantage
   • Writing an incident action plan
8. Strategies for conducting your pandemic flu exercise
   • Using modeling and epidemiology to create the scenario
   • Participating agencies
   • Specific pandemic objectives
   • Making it real
     1. Patients
     2. Lab values
     3. Wearing PPE
   • Activating your SURGE capacity
   • Including a dispensing drill
9. Q&A

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS, MT(ASCP),CIC, CHSP, is currently the system consultant for infection control (IC) and epidemiology at Alegent Health headquartered in Omaha, NE. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology from the College of St. Mary’s in Omaha and her master’s degree in pathology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Luebbert has worked for 20 years in the areas of clinical IC, safety, and risk management in various healthcare arenas. Luebbert also consults with healthcare facilities throughout the United States about implementing regulations associated with safe environments.

James E. M. Bender, EMT-P, is the Disaster Coordinator at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Coordinator for Region 2 Medical Emergency Response Team, Tactical Medic for the STATT Tactical EMS Team, and EMS and Hospital Emergency Management Consultant on projects such as internal and external surge capacity, adult education and emergency management, and hospital and private corporation emergency management planning.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN:

Hospital administrative staff, ED infection control, security, infection control practitioners,  EM planners, community disaster planners, consultants to EM and IC, EOC, EMS, JHACO, and environmental care.

BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET:

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and tools including:

1. Policy Templates
2. Exercise Design Templates
3. Links to other educational programs from FEMA to HCPro material
4. Drill Needs Assessment Checklist
5. Chart noting different types of exercises and their pros and cons
6. Evaluation Forms

Program materials are provided with PDF links.

Purchase a tape or CD of the program and listen when you can. It's a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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